• Januzaj, 22, signs five-year contract after agreeing £9.8m move • United are understood to have inserted a buy-back clause into deal Real Sociedad have signed the Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj for a reported fee of £9.8m. United have installed a buy-back clause in the deal for the 22-y...

• Manchester United manager heavily critical of left-back at times last season • Shaw still weeks away from fitness as United prepare to face LA Galaxy Luke Shaw will be given the chance to establish himself as Manchester United’s first-choice left-back, with José Mourinho impressed by the defend...

• United prepared to more than double Eric Dier’s wages in new £50m bid • Tottenham keen to keep midfielder but prepared to sell Kyle Walker Eric Dier is open to the prospect of a move to Manchester United and the club are pushing hard to make it happen, despite the Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Da...

• José Mourinho wants Croat to increase attacking options • Perisic may be asked to join United’s tour in the US Manchester United will try to sign Ivan Perisic before Internazionale fly to China for their pre-season tour next Tuesday, with the forward valued at around €55m (£49m). It is understo...

Romelu Lukaku admits that once he knew there was interest in him from Manchester United he could not say no to the move. Speaking from United’s pre-season training camp in Los Angeles, Lukaku says ‘the way that the club is always hungry to win trophies’ was another factor in his decision to join...

Today’s rumours are shorthanded With White Hart Lane closed for renovations, Tottenham Hotspur have had second thoughts about hosting matches at Wembley for a season and are thinking instead about taking a sabbatical from football. Untrustworthy sources say there is listless debate within the clu...

Wayne Rooney revealed he is looking forward to the Merseyside derby more than going back to Old Trafford and also that he wants his England place back If nothing else, it was a more polished performance than the first time Wayne Rooney staged his own press conference, on a January evening in 2003...

• Mourinho told of doubts about Lacazette’s big-game mentality • Arsenal signed forward from Lyon for club record £52.7m Manchester United scouted Alexandre Lacazette but decided the striker who became Arsenal’s £52.7m signing was not to the standard required by José Mourinho. The manager ordered...

• Manchester United announce signing of Romelu Lukaku on five-year deal • ‘I cannot wait to run out at Old Trafford in front of 75, 000 fans, ’ says Belgian José Mourinho is confident Romelu Lukaku will be a success at Manchester United after the club confirmed the striker’s arrival from Everton....

• Rooney desperate to play after losing regular place at Manchester United • 31-year-old hopes to force way back into the England squad Wayne Rooney said on Monday he did not view Everton as a “retirement home” but had returned to win trophies and with the ambition of forcing his way back into th...

Wayne Rooney says Everton was the only club he wanted to join following his move from Manchester United to Goodison Park at the weekend. The 31-year-old rejoins his boyhood club 13 years after leaving Merseyside for Manchester. Rooney, who became United’s all-time leading scorer during his time a...

The striker is leaving for Everton as a record scorer and multiple trophy winner but a large constituency of fans will not mourn his departure The oddity of Wayne Rooney’s glittering 13-year Manchester United career is that he departs for Everton to only muted applause. Despite a record that feat...

Today’s fluff danced really wunderbar Like Romelu Lukaku, Tiemoué Bakayoko was widely expected to join Chelsea this summer. But one of them ended up at Manchester United instead, and the other might as well – the Daily Star report that a £35m fee has been agreed between Monaco and the Mancunians...

Everton fans have been booing their prodigal son since his departure 13 years ago, but the old warmth should not be hard to reignite The Goodison Park roof was not quite wrenched from its fittings when Wayne Rooney made his return to Everton colours, but perhaps it loosened enough to sow the seed...

Who will be the next big-name signing? How strong is the bond between José Mourinho and Ed Woodward? As United embark upon a gruelling pre-season tour of the US, here’s what will shape the club’s upcoming campaign For £75m (plus £15m add-ons) José Mourinho acquires a proven prolific Premier Leagu...

• Striker says Manchester United have best fans and stadium in England • United have yet to confirm transfer apart from confirming £75m fee Romelu Lukaku has said he did not think twice about agreeing to join Manchester United when the opportunity arose, describing the club as the “biggest in the...

• Belgian will cost £75m plus £15m in add-ons after Chelsea’s hijack bid fails • Wayne Rooney, notionally valued at around £10m, will return to Everton Manchester United believe they have deflected Chelsea’s frantic attempts to hijack Romelu Lukaku’s proposed move to Old Trafford and are set to c...

• José Mourinho considers bid of around £50m for Tottenham midfielder • Chelsea unlikely to allow Nemanja Matic deal if Romelu Lukaku joins United Manchester United are ready to test Tottenham Hotspur’s resolve over Eric Dier by making a renewed effort to sign him. They have had one bid turned do...

The manager had pinned his hopes on Lukaku leading the line and the striker’s apparently imminent move to Manchester United raises questions about whether Chelsea have again taken their eye off the ball after winning the title The first thing to acknowledge is that there is time for Chelsea to ma...

Today’s rumours are cleaning up the terrace So Romelu Lukaku will most likely be showcasing his silky first touch at Manchester United next season . This being the case, expect blistering hot steam to whistle a-plenty from the facial apertures of long-time admirer Antonio Conte, making him wonder...

No wonder both Manchester United and Chelsea want Romelu Lukaku: he scored 25 league goals last season, is 24 years old and can terrorise defences through sheer physical presence and power Romelu Lukaku has been an obvious transfer target ever since he turned down the lucrative contract Everton o...

• United hope Belgium international will join before tour starts on Sunday • Wayne Rooney’s potential move to Goodison Park not part of the deal Manchester United have agreed a £75m fee with Everton to buy Romelu Lukaku and hope to push through a deal before they fly to the United States on Sunda...

Today’s guff is launching a world record bid for a new swingometer The Mill has a recurring nightmare in which it shares an apartment with José Mourinho. In this ghastly vision Mourinho wakes up early every morning and goes to the bathroom. Then he stays sitting on the toilet for the entire day....

Thirteen years after leaving Everton for Old Trafford, Wayne Rooney could be about to return - but does Ronald Koeman really a need a player who seems to have his peak years behind him? Romelu Lukaku was always going to leave a big hole to fill at Everton but few would have predicted a combinatio...